Epson 3880?

[Allen in Montreal]

My printer just blew up,
after 9 yrs of loyal service, I can't complain too much.

Does anybody run an Epson 3880?
Looking at the Epson page, it looks like it could do he trick for my needs.
Any firm Ya or Nay on the 3880?


Thanks,

[Nathan Potter]

I use one that has been faultless for a year and a half. Have moved about 150 sq. ft. of Hahnemuhle paper thru it.

There are some newer more professional offerings but possibly not much improvement over the 3880.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Gem Singer]

My 3880 worked right out of the box, and it's still performing like champ.

Highly recommended.

[Larry Gebhardt]

Same as the others, my printer works great. I also don't print frequently, and I never have clogged nozzles.

[SW Rick]

Same here- first printer I've used and not had "issues" with.

[biedron]

Another vote for the 3880. Mine's been great, with zero problems.

Bob

[Brian Vuillemenot]

I have a 3800 that I've been using successfully for about 5 years. It makes great prints from my 4990 scans, although the magenta might be a little less vivid than the current inkset in the 3880 (I highly doubt it makes a difference). My main gripe with the 3800 is that the build quality is a bit flimsy and "plasticy", but I guess when half the price spent on the printer is for the included inks, you don't get something built like a tank.

[rdenney]

My 3800 is certainly not built for high production or duty cycle. That's fine with me--I make few prints. The quality of the prints I do make is excellent.

One limitation is that the 3800 does not take roll paper--I do not know if the 3880 corrected this weakness. The largest paper Epson sells in sheets is 17x22 (for a 16x20 print). My next batch will not be Epson paper, partly to get a fiber-based paper, but also to get the 17x25 size. That will allow me to enlarge 6x9 to the full width of the paper without cropping.

The 4880 is built for a high-production environment. But if it's like the 4800, it's much bigger and heavier, and really needs its own stand rather than sitting comfortably on a work counter the way my 3800 does.

Rick "liking the 3800 even for black and white work" Denney

[Richard Wasserman]

Another vote for the 3880. I've never had any issues with mine—at least none that weren't attributed to me.

[codex0]

Highly recommended here as well. The 3880 does not take roll paper, but I don't need it to, so that's fine. It's also awesome that ink is half the cost by mL than the 2880.